Nashville, Tennessee
26 Years Old

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""Futurebirds Suck!"--a bathroom note at our second show"

BIOGRAPHY

Futurebirds are from Athens, GA. The birds like the music that they play. They like mischief. They like vans and the road. They don't like the heat or misplacing prized objects. They like Ghostfinger and Gram Parsons. They enjoyed Robert's Western World when they were in Nashville. They also liked the mosaic dragon. They want you to come see them play live. They want you to want them in your backyard or your front porch or your dive bar or your club or your arena or your oceanside festival.

LEVEL

aspiring

GENRES

Appalachian/Mountain, Experimental, R&B

Contact

Management: Jay Steele, futurebirdsmanagement@gmail.com
Publishing: Futurebirds Publishing, futurebird1@gmail.com
Label: n/a
Booking: Jon Prine, the Progressive Global Agency, jon@pgamusic.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

banjo / bass / drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / mandolin / pedalsteel / percussion / trumpet / vocals

I AM INTERESTED IN

in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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